We've definitely talked about it before now, but this is the first official pic of the cover (as revealed by Lynsey on the Terry Pratchett Facebook page). It'd be nice to know exactly what stories are in it (I've got Once More With Footnotes so I'd like to know some of the overlap) but I guess we'll find out closer to publication date.

Nullus Anxietas V - The Australian Discworld Convention10-12 April 2015Novotel Parramatta, New South Wales, Australiahttp://ausdwcon.org

Amazon wrote:from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press, and the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.

Here are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered; abandoned worlds and others still expanding; adventure, chickens, death, disco and, actually, some quite disturbing ideas about Christmas.

I thought it was just going to be stories from the Bucks Free Press, but reading the above seems to imply Hollywood Chickens, Turntables of the night and the Xmas horror story are also in. The latter three are all in Once More with Footnotes.

"Disliking Carrot would be like kicking a puppy.""You kicked a puppy," Lobsang said accusingly.

From contacts I've had with Colin Smythe this will cover quite a lot of OMWF along with bits that were missed for example the introduction to Discworld that Terry wrote for the Sourcery proof will be in this book. He didn't mention the Bucks Free Press stuff but he wasn't going to tell me too much.

Going through some books the other day, I came across the Legends book with "The Sea and the Little Fishes" in it. I owned Once More With Footnotes at one time. Got it for a very good price, not much more than the original price, then opted to let it go when it was going for more. Loved the stories in it, but wanted to pad the vacation fund that year.

“It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.”― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees:

Scouts and Football ones are probably to do with the Summer Wincanton events when they had a Scouts type camping Jamboree one Spring time and the football one which was the Unseen Academicals Summer do which was good I had loads of fun.

He willnae tak' a drink! I think he's deid! , on the other hand though A Midgie in yir hand is worth twa up yir kilt.

Just finished A Blink of the Screen. Very good although there is a significant overlap with Once More With Footnotes. Really glad I didn't get suckered into buying the special Waterstones edition of The Long Earth just to own a copy of The High Meggas as it is included in the new collection.